FastTrack Recognised Solution Architects—Power Platform
The Power Platform product engineering team recognises practising solution architects for consistently exhibiting deep architecture expertise and creating high-quality solutions during customer engagements for Power Platform. A FastTrack Recognised Solution Architect typically works for a systems integrator partner. Read about the architects who have achieved this distinction.
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Power Apps

Gareth Prisk
Principal Architect, Hitachi Solutions
- 3 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 6 years as solution architect
- 10 years of experience with Dynamics 365, 3 years with Azure, 10 years with Office
- 4 Power Apps enterprise projects
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Gareth Prisk
Principal Architect, Hitachi Solutions
Gareth has extensive experience with canvas and model-driven power apps. He was a primary developer on many of the first-party Microsoft Dataverse for Teams sample apps. His solutions have an emphasis on creating the most holistic end-to-end user experience. He enjoys building applications with complex data models, integrations with CRM systems, and custom user interfaces. Gareth’s expertise is in the credit union, healthcare, retail, and manufacturing industries.
Power Apps

Gireesh Nair
Lead Solution Architect, HCL-PowerObjects
- 5 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 8 years as solution architect
- 17 years of experience with SharePoint, 6 years with Azure
- 6 Power Apps enterprise projects
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Gireesh Nair
Lead Solution Architect, HCL-PowerObjects
Gireesh has over 19 years of experience across the Microsoft technology stack with expertise in Power Platform, Microsoft 365, SharePoint, .NET, and Azure. He leads a team of Power Platform Architects, functional, and technical consultants to deliver simple and innovative solutions that provide maximum ROI to customers. Gireesh’s specialisation spans projects across multiple industries and sectors, including technology, retail, manufacturing, utilities, housing, public sector, and media. While he stands out for his expertise across the technical and functional aspects of solutions, Gireesh’s team leadership and customer obsession are what elevates his projects to another level of success.
Power Apps

Gopikrishna V
Architect, Cognizant
- 1 year of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 5 years as solution architect
- 8 years of experience with Office 365
- 18 Power Automate enterprise projects and 2 Power Apps enterprise projects
Power Apps

Gopikrishna V
Architect, Cognizant
Gopikrishna has 10 years of experience building enterprise mobility (Android, iOS) and robotic process automation (RPA) solutions using various tools. As a Power Platform practice enthusiast, he works with the customer to clearly articulate requirements to architect solutions aligned with business needs. As a vital part of the project delivery team, Gopikrishna keeps the focus on architecture, integration, design, and solution quality. He is known for his integral role in enabling entire organisations to inculcate design and development of Power Platform solutions, along with CoE formulation, using a framework that outlines the necessary guardrails and best practices for success. Gopikrishna has also contributed to a whitepaper on best practices and know-hows of migration to Power Automate from other RPA tools.
Power BI

Hans Kristiansen
Managing Solution Architect - Insights and Data, Capgemini
- 6 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 10 years as solution architect
- 20 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 20 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

Hans Kristiansen
Managing Solution Architect - Insights and Data, Capgemini
Hans is a highly experienced consultant with 25 years of experience delivering business intelligence solutions using the Microsoft technology stack. He excels at connecting business stakeholders and IT. As the advisor, project manager, architect, or performing consultant, Hans is genuinely committed to creating value for customers through innovative solutions. He helps customers make faster decisions with more confidence by creating a data-driven culture that enables people to quickly move from insights to action. Hans keeps projects focused on the secure delivery of insights within the flow of work to guide people to do their best work and deliver better outcomes.
Power BI

Heather Vance
Supervisor, Data & Digital Services Business Intelligence, RSM US LLP
- 5 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 7 years as solution architect
- 5 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 15 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

Heather Vance
Supervisor, Data & Digital Services Business Intelligence, RSM US LLP
Heather is an experienced senior data architect who has spent the last 5 years at RSM US LLP designing and developing enterprise business intelligence solutions using the Microsoft stack. Her commitment to delivering self-service capabilities is exemplary and she works closely with her team to truly understand client needs to achieve project success. Heather uses her extensive technical acumen across data analytics to develop best in class ETL solutions, data warehouses, and effective analytic reporting via Power BI. She continues to operate as a true industry leader, focused on delivering actionable insights that effectively and efficiently utilise the Microsoft stack.
Power BI

Jacob Petraitis
Senior Associate, RSM US LLP.
- 3 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 4 years as solution architect
- 3 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 3 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

Jacob Petraitis
Senior Associate, RSM US LLP.
Jacob Petraitis is a Power BI lead at RSM for client-facing and internal projects, with specialisation in business intelligence solutions for companies of all sizes across a variety of industries, including commercial banking, consumer products, government, industrial products, and nonprofits. He uses the complete Microsoft Power BI toolkit to help clients activate business insights and empower decisions at every level. He has deep expertise in paginated reporting, model and DAX optimisation, and enterprise planning analytics and insights. Jacob also advises on enterprise data strategy and governance initiatives.
Power Apps

Jai Mallesh Babu
Senior Technology Architect, Infosys
- 5 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 10 years as solution architect
- 5 years of experience with SharePoint, 6 years with Dynamics 365, 4 years with Azure
- 3 Power Apps enterprise projects
Power Apps

Jai Mallesh Babu
Senior Technology Architect, Infosys
Jai has more than 19 years of software experience specialising in Dynamics CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 with an increased focus on Power Apps solutions. Having led five Power Apps enterprise projects, he is skilled at end-to-end build and deployment automations, designing and developing model and canvas Power Apps integrated with multiple applications utilising Microsoft Power Automate, dataflow, and Azure. He is proud of his work building tools that improve speed, quality control, and unified access. He has developed solutions for sales, service, healthcare, insurance, and oil industries.
Power BI

James Dales
Director, Avanade
- 7 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 13 years as solution architect
- 16 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 6 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

James Dales
Director, Avanade
James is the global lead for the Power BI capability in Avanade. His journey with Power BI started long before it became generally available and has been his area of focus ever since. James was the first member of the Power BI Contributors programme through which he was able to join the engineering teams building new functionality into Power BI. As a Microsoft MVP, James is passionate about building technical communities and is the co-leader of the London Power BI User Group.
Power BI

James H. K. Arey
Lead Consultant, Tallan Inc.
- 7 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 5 years as solution architect
- 6 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 5 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

James H. K. Arey
Lead Consultant, Tallan Inc.
As an early adopter of Power BI, James has spent much of the last 6 years designing and implementing enterprise BI solutions using Power BI and Microsoft Azure data platform resources. His extensive experience in BI ranges from utilising built-in querying to achieve complex data mashups and efficient models to architecting robust and extensible measures to support elegant visualisations and insights, and machine learning and governance. In his spare time, James works to empower his clients and those new to Power BI through training sessions and managing his local Power BI user group.
Power BI

Jared Brown
Vice President - Data & Analytics, Tallan Inc.
- 7 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 12 years as solution architect
- 17 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 30 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

Jared Brown
Vice President - Data & Analytics, Tallan Inc.
Jared is the Vice President of the Data & Analytics practice at Tallan. With over 20 years of experience and a strong data engineering background, Jared has been instrumental in the design and delivery of transformative data projects across several commercial markets and state agencies. Under his direction, the Data & Analytics team at Tallan has renewed their focus on the ever-maturing modern data platform to enable all business initiatives with data-driven results. This includes everything from operational workloads and data warehousing to real-time embedded analytics and machine learning, and, of course, Microsoft Power BI.
Power Apps

Javier Busto Ezcurra
Power Platform Solution Architect Lead, Tigloo
- 5 years of experience with Microsoft Power Apps
- 4 years as solution architect
- 10 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365, 7 years with Microsoft 365, 3 years with Microsoft Azure
- 15 Power Apps enterprise projects
Power Apps

Javier Busto Ezcurra
Power Platform Solution Architect Lead, Tigloo
Javier has over 12 years of experience working with clients from all industries and sectors to deliver CRM solutions using Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform. With a focus on digital transformation, Javier collaborates closely with clients to deliver an excellent level of quality. He aligns his team’s work with Microsoft philosophy, standard functionality, and state-of-the art solutions. As a Power Platform enthusiast, he tackles complicated architectures, application and portal development, and business process optimisation. Javier thrives on daily learning and sharing his knowledge with his team and clients.
Power BI

Jochen Jülke
Senior Solution Engineer, verovis
- 7 years of experience with Microsoft Power BI
- 11 years as solution architect
- 16 years of experience with enterprise BI
- 11 enterprise BI projects
Power BI

Jochen Jülke
Senior Solution Engineer, verovis
Jochen is based in Germany and has more than 20 years of experience in mediation between business and IT, with a focus on Microsoft and SAP technology. In his current role as senior solution engineer and technical advisor at verovis, his mission is to help enterprise customers through the age of digital transformation and compete in a data-driven world. His passion for self-service BI and Power BI started in 2008 with Project Gemini, today known as Microsoft Excel PowerPivot. In 2016, he founded the Munich Power BI User Group, known today as Power Platform Munich User Group (PPMUG).